Authors

Clare Shaw is described by Carol Ann Duffy as ‘probably the best, most electrifying, new young reader on the circuit’. Clare grew up in Burnley, spent ten years in Liverpool and now lives in West Yorkshire with her partner, her daughter and various geriatric cats. Her first poetry collection, Straight Ahead, was published by Bloodaxe in 2006. She is widely known for her work and publications around women’s mental health, and is co-director in a self-harm training partnership.

Dean Smith is a songwriter. He famously created the songs that appear of the Warehouse CD in an electrical goods warehouse on night shift, keeping out of sight of the supervisor by writing on top of a stack of fridges. Dean went on to become a poetry promoter, putting on outlandish sell-out shows across the north of England. Currently he is running his own landscape business.

Gareth Eoin Storey was born in Dublin. He started writing poetry and short fiction at eighteen and graduated last year in Creative Writing at Kingston University. His story ‘Grainne’ features in Born in the 1908s.

Tom Spanbauer lives, writes, and teaches in Portland Oregon. His four published novels Faraway Places, The Man Who Fell In Love With The Moon, In The City Of Shy Hunters and Now Is the Hour are all cult classics. His story ‘Linden Trees’ appears in Light Transports.

Michael Stewart the writer-in-residence at Theatre in the Mill and senior lecturer in creative writing at Huddersfield University, where he is the director of the Huddersfield Literature Festival. He was the winner of the BBC Alfred Bradley Award in 2003. His story ‘Dog in a Bag’ features in Naked City.

Rommi Smith is a poet and playwright, who works to fuse spoken word and music together. She is a regular across many BBC Radio stations and has been writer-in-residence for a mulitude of places including the Houses of Parliament, the Commonwealth Games and California State University. Moveable Type was Rommi’s first collection and comes with a CD of poetry and music from her blistering band of musicians.

Tim Sanders lives in North London, where he writes poetry, short stories and humorous fiction. Previously a member of the Camden Voices poetry group, Tim was singled out for Radio 4’s Pick of the Year. His story ‘Together’ features in the free e-book Who’s The Daddy.

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